Six answers and we can price it
The clock starts when we have enough to price against. This is the whole list, so the first call can be the only call.
The clock starts when there is enough to price against
Twenty-four business hours is a real promise and it is not a promise about how fast we can type. It starts from the point where a building can actually be costed, and the gap between a request that arrives ready and one that does not is usually a phone call and a day, not effort at our end.
So here is the entire list, so the first call can be the only one.
What does not hold anything up
Color. All 11 of them are on the rack, so the choice changes nothing about the timeline and can be settled after you have the number. It is also, reliably, the thing people stall on. Pick it last.
Exact door placement. Roughly how many and roughly where is plenty to price from. You will move them on screen in the 3D builder before anything is cut, which is a great deal easier than moving them after.
Being undecided between two sizes. Ask for both. Two numbers side by side is a normal request and a more useful thing to hold than one number and a doubt.
Where 24 business hours is not the promise
A building that has to be open inside past about 40 ft is engineered rather than configured. From 32 ft of width the job needs specific plans and calculations rather than a generic plan set, so it gets drawn, and drawing takes longer than pricing. Red iron is quoted that way on purpose, and we would rather tell you that at the start than quietly miss a day.
Wider than 50 ft is called in rather than priced. Those do not come off a sheet at all. Still worth sending — it just starts as a conversation instead of as a number.
The clock also runs on the yard's hours. We are open Monday to Friday, 8AM – 6PM CST and Saturday, 8AM – 1PM, and closed Sunday. A form that lands late on Saturday is answered Monday, not overnight.
The fastest version of all of this
Lay the building out yourself in the 3D builder. It sends the dimensions, the roof, the openings and the color attached to the request, which covers five of the six rows above without you writing any of them down.
The other things people ask
- I already have a concrete guy — why is a slab on my quote?Concrete is subcontracted to standing partners. You can keep your own pourer, and here is exactly what changes if you do.
- 14 gauge or 12 gauge — what am I actually buying?Two quotes for the same size building usually differ here first. What each gauge is for, and when the answer is neither of them.
- Vertical roof or A-frame — does it actually matter?Two hard rules rather than a preference: horizontal roofs stop at 31 ft, and insulation needs a vertical roof to go on.
- Do I need a permit, and who pulls it?Permitting is subcontracted to standing partners and managed by us. What we need from you, and what nobody can tell you over the phone.
- Why do 14 ft legs cost more than 12 ft?Taller legs mean longer wall sheet, more frame and more wind load. Tell us the tallest thing going inside and we will tell you the leg.
- Who actually puts it up — your crew or a sub?Erection is subcontracted, the same as permits and concrete. What you are buying is that the scheduling is our problem, not that there is no sub.
- How far do you deliver, and is it in the price?That is what the ZIP box on the quote form is for. Why it is separate, and why a quote without it is not a quote.
Send us the dimensions
Width, length, leg height and a ZIP is enough to start. If you would rather say it out loud, the yard is open Monday to Friday, 8AM – 6PM CST.